07/31/2003 Entry: "Anyone have change for a dollar? Sure, you want this nickel?"
Posted by Maynard @ 12:16 PM MST

Anyone have change for a dollar? Sure, you want this nickel?

This story has details of the missing 1913 Liberty Head Nickel that has been found. This is the nickel design that started life being counterfeited as a $5 coin, then was replaced in 1913 by the Buffalo/Indian Head nickel. Only someone forgot to stop making the Liberty Heads, and a grand total of 5 were produced in 1913. What's more than a little disturbing about this story is that someone was willing to offer "$10,000 just to be the first to see it".

I think it was Will Rogers that said "If you're gonna collect something, it might as well be money." Apparently someone didn't tell Paul Montgomery that, otherwise he wouldn't have offered that much cash. Of course, coin collectors (myself notwithstanding, of course) are an eccentric bunch. Some of them are willing to pay $47,500 for a mistake, like the State Quarter Sacagawea mule that was recently discovered. A mule, by the way, is a coin with one correct side and an incorrect other. In this case, it was a state quarter front and Sacagawea dollar back.

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I have a 1878 Pluribus Unum one dollor bill from your best knowledge how much do you think I could get for it.????????

Posted by eshiame @ 05/24/2004 03:34 PM MST

It depends on the condition and exact type. It could range in price from a few dollars to north of $200. Take it to a coin collector and ask them.

Posted by Maynard @ 05/24/2004 04:02 PM MST

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